District Court, M.D. Alabama January 5, 2000, CIV.A.No. 81-T-697-N (Allen v. Alabama State Board of Education)

OPINION

THOMPSON, District Judge.

This longstanding and contentious litigation, filed almost 19 years ago, charging that the State of Alabama’s teacher certification test impermissibly discriminated against African-American persons seeking teacher certification, is before the court again, this time on a new and amended consent decree that the parties represent will finally bring this lawsuit to